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Researcher · Reed College · United States

Robert A. Brightman

Robert A. Brightman publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions and Anthropology, on topics such as Indigenous Studies and Ecology, Canadian Identity and History and Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,235,516
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#395,105
of 1,627,098
Works
48
Citations
1k
Citations per work
21.1
h-index
12
i10-index 12Top 17% in Sociology and Political Science
Robert A. Brightman

What does Robert A. Brightman research?

Robert A. Brightman's work is mostly in Social Sciences (29%), Arts and Humanities (19%), Health Professions (11%).

Social Sciences: 23 works · 48.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 14 works · 29.2% of their workSociology and Political Science: 6 works · 12.4% of their workAnthropology: 5 works · 10.1% of their workHealth: 3 works · 6.7% of their workArts and Humanities: 9 works · 19.1% of their workHistory: 5 works · 10.1% of their workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 works · 9.0% of their workEverything else: 19 works · 40.5% of their workHealth Sciences: 5 works · 11.2% of their workHealth Professions: 5 works · 11.2% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 5 works · 11.2% of their workTHEIR WORKRobert A.Brightman48works
Health Sciences11%Social Sciences48%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1429.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities919.1%
  2. Everything else1940.5%
    1. Health Professions511.2%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science12% of their works
  2. 2General Health Professions11% of their works
  3. 3Anthropology10% of their works
  4. 4History10% of their works
  5. 5Literature and Literary Theory9% of their works
  6. 6Health7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert A. Brightman's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Arctic Indigenous Peoples, Climate Change, Identity, Canada, History, Decolonization, Indigenous Health and Cultural History.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Arctic Indigenous Peoples101 topic
  2. Climate Change101 topic
  3. Identity92 topics
  4. Canada71 topic
  5. History71 topic
  6. Decolonization61 topic
  7. Indigenous Health61 topic
  8. Cultural History52 topics
  9. Globalization41 topic
  10. Neoliberalism41 topic
  11. Mormonism31 topic
  12. Polygamy31 topic
  13. Agricultural Origins21 topic
  14. Digital Images21 topic
  15. Food Tourism21 topic
  16. Gastronomy21 topic
  17. Photography21 topic
  18. Radiocarbon Dating21 topic

Where does Robert A. Brightman work?

Robert A. Brightman's main affiliation in the publication record is Reed College, United States.

How many publications and citations does Robert A. Brightman have?

OpenAlex counts 48 works and 1,015 citations for Robert A. Brightman, an h-index of 12, ranking #1,235,516 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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